Kremlin issues ultimatum for peace talks with Ukraine to continue

Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, has stated that trilateral negotiations involving the US, Ukraine and Russia are "inadvisable" until Kyiv withdraws Ukrainian troops from the government-controlled part of Donetsk Oblast.

By Tetyana Oliynyk

Kremlin aide says further peace talks are pointless until Ukraine withdraws troops from the Donbas

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told Interfax that Russia sees no point in a new round of trilateral talks to end the war until Ukraine withdraws its troops from the Donbas:

Kremlin suspends trilateral peace talks until AFU withdraws from Donbas

Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov stated that continuing trilateral negotiations in the U.S.-Ukraine-Russia format is pointless until Kyiv withdraws its troops from the part of Donbas under its control.